a list of fruit and vegies to feed my baby red eard slider turtle?

Question

pls suply a list i can feed him he is a baby mayby 3-4 inches

also i dont know how much frut or vigies i should give him and also how much turtle pellit food eather ty

Answer 1

I have had m RES since a hatching in May 2005. He was silver dollar size then, and now has a shell 6 inches long. We call him Mango.
That is because he loves a little bit of mango introduced to the water to feed on. We begun trying different fruits. First bananas.
Take a drinking straw and pierce it into the banana flesh to form a little 'plug" of banana about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long. You can then blow a little on the other end of the straw to slip half of the banana plug out a bit. We successfully lowered the straw to the water's surface, and Mango swam up to snatch it out of the straw. If you don't want to use the straw, simply cut a sliver thin slice of banana and let it float on the water til your turtle snatches it up.

So far, we have found Mango likes, Mangos, bananas, bits of clementines, tiny bits of apple, and peach. Good luck finding your own pets favorite. Do not overdo the quantity, one at a time for 4 or 5 minutes is fine. I also highly recommend going to a 20 gallon tank with a filter and heater capable of supporting a 40 gallon tank. The reason is, you will find buying a 3, 5, or 10 gallon tank will result in upgrading all the elements each time. By starting with a big tank, you won't need to clean it as often, and it provides a bigger swim space for your turtle. I would also use only purified water. We get ours at our local organic food market. Enjoy!

Answer 2

Babies wont eat that much in terms of plant matter. They are strictly carnivorous for a long time in their life. You can try giving him duckweed(you can get it from pet stores, and most turtles love it) but dont feed fruits, as the sugar will mess with the natural bacteria in the gut and cause some nasty poo.

Try feeding some turtle pellets(not a lot and not often) mixed with freeze dried krill(found in the fish section) Reptomin turtle food(little shrimp things), and live bugs(only those you buy from stores. Online, at flukerfarms.com, you can get 250 crickets for $5, which is a crazy good deal). You also need a UV light. I know it sounds like rubbish, but a UV light will help your turt function properly and make the D3 vitamin he needs.

Also, your cute lil baby will become a 10inch monster within 5 years or so, I suggest building a pond lol

PS- a tank that is 20gal should not be used for a large turtle. My western painted is in a 55gal tank, and my RES is in a 190gal pond outside, in winter he is in a 90gal horse trough. Getting a large filter is highly reccomended. Turtles are nastily dirty. Buy the biggest one you can afford, no kidding. I have three 30gal whisper filters in my 55gal, and they get dirty within a month and need to be changed!

Answer 3

Boy, this is going to be a short list:






You see, baby Red-ears are MEAT eaters! Bugs, worms, shrimp, frozen krill (a favorite!), bloodworms (another favorite), small fish, etc. are the PROPER diet.

As Red-ears get older, they will start to eat some veggies- mostly dark leafy greens and a little colorful veggies- but no fruit.

You can do pellets as well- many of us use pellets for about 25-50% of the diet.

No matter what you feed, you feed an amount about the size of the turtle's head- not much, but that is all it needs!

Feed a baby daily, a year-old about every other day, and an adult (about 3 years old or so) about every three days.

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Answer 4

at the starting up, launch the pink eared slider because it is going to convey themes down the line and your dad stuck a turtle and spent 1000's of money so that you'll provide it the right care? Im no longer attempting to be advise yet launch the turtle and spend the ten$ to purchase a parasite and so on free pink ears slider and than spend the couple hundred money to set it up proper so your no longer giving it a depressing life. in simple terms because you adore the turtle even if it likely isn't satisfied so do in simple terms the right element please. also raw fowl isn't strong for turtles. in person-friendly words insects, and vegetables, and the turtle pellets are strong for them. it really is animal cruelty btw. you want to feed the turtle the right eating routine that you at the instantaneous are not and it doesn't sound like you've executed any analyze or is treating this turtle with appreciate. Please do in simple terms the right element.

Answer 5

give it natural aquatic plants, water hydrilia is a favorent, aquatic grass is also good. You should also feed it live food like small fish and insects. This will replicate its diet in the wild and keep it healthy

Answer 6

give ur baby shreaded carrots, cut up some grapes basically any fruit or veggies but they mostly like guppies and worm cubes.